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Sustainable Natural Gas Reservoir and Production Engineering
- 1st Edition - October 30, 2021
- Editors: David Wood, Jianchao Cai
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 4 9 5 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 9 5 6 - 1
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Request a sales quoteSustainable Natural Gas Reservoir and Production Engineering, the latest release in The Fundamentals and Sustainable Advances in Natural Gas Science and Engineering series, delivers many of the scientific fundamentals needed in the natural gas industry, including improving gas recovery, simulation processes for fracturing methods, and methods for optimizing production strategies. Advanced research covered includes machine learning applications, gas fracturing mechanics aimed at reducing environmental impact, and enhanced oil recovery technologies aimed at capturing carbon dioxide. Supported by corporate and academic contributors along with two well-distinguished editors, this book provides today’s natural gas engineers the fundamentals and advances in a convenient resource
- Helps readers advance from basic equations used in conventional gas reservoirs
- Presents structured case studies to illustrate how new principles can be applied in practical situations
- Covers advanced topics, including machine learning applications to optimize predictions, controls and improve knowledge-based applications
- Helps accelerate emission reductions by teaching gas fracturing mechanics with an aim of reducing environmental impacts and developing enhanced oil recovery technologies that capture carbon dioxide
Natural gas engineers; reservoir engineers; production engineers. Carbon management researchers
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- About the fundamentals and sustainable advances in natural gas science and engineering series
- About volume 1: sustainable natural gas reservoir and production engineering
- Chapter One: Gas properties, fundamental equations of state and phase relationships
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction to natural gas
- 2: Gas equation of state
- 3: Physical and thermodynamic properties of natural gas
- 4: Phase relationships of natural gas
- 5: Summary
- References
- Chapter Two: Natural gas demand prediction: Methods, time horizons, geographical scopes, sustainability issues, and scenarios
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Fundamentals of natural gas demand prediction requirements
- 3: Advanced aspects of natural gas demand prediction methodologies
- 4: Case study: A learning scenario development model providing sustainable global natural gas demand predictions
- 5: Summary
- A: Appendix
- References
- Chapter Three: Machine learning to improve natural gas reservoir simulations
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Fundamental concepts and key principles
- 3: Advanced research/field applications
- 4: Case study: Dew point prediction for gas condensate reservoirs
- 5: Summary
- References
- Chapter Four: In situ stress and mechanical properties of unconventional gas reservoirs
- Abstract
- Acknowledgements
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Fundamental concepts and key principles
- 3: Advanced research/field applications
- 4: Case study
- 5: Summary and conclusions
- Declarations
- References
- Chapter Five: Hydraulic fracturing of unconventional reservoirs aided by simulation technologies
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Mathematical models for hydraulic fracturing
- 3: Numerical methods for simulation of hydraulic fracturing
- 4: Case study: Simulation of hydraulic fracture propagation in a shale formation
- 5: Summary and conclusions
- References
- Chapter Six: Experimental methods in fracturing mechanics focused on minimizing their environmental footprint
- Abstract
- Acknowledgements
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Experimental methods in fracturing mechanics
- 3: Experimental methods for waterless fracturing
- 4: Fracture monitoring and analysis methods
- Declarations
- References
- Chapter Seven: Production decline curve analysis and reserves forecasting for conventional and unconventional gas reservoirs
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Fundamental concepts and key principles
- 3: Advanced research/field applications
- 4: Case studies
- 5: Summary
- References
- Chapter Eight: Well test analysis for characterizing unconventional gas reservoirs
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Reservoir flow regimes
- 3: Pressure transient analysis (PTA)
- 4: Rate transient analysis (RTA)
- 5: Uncertainties of SRV characterization using analytical methods
- 6: Characterizing SRV according to dual-permeability model
- 7: Effect of multiphase flow on PTA in unconventional Wells
- 8: A typical example in multiphase producing well test
- 9: Temperature transient analysis
- 10: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter Nine: Carbon-nanotube-polymer nanocomposites enable wellbore cements to better inhibit gas migration and enhance sustainability of natural gas reservoirs
- Abstract
- 1: Fundamental concepts
- 2: Advanced consideration in controlling wellbore gas migration
- 3: Experimental case study
- 4: Summary
- Declarations
- References
- Chapter Ten: Sustainability in natural gas reservoir drilling: A review on environmentally and economically friendly fluids and optimal waste management
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Fundamental concepts
- 3: Advanced concepts
- 4: Introduction of environmentally-friendly additives and optimal waste management techniques
- 5: Summary
- Declarations
- References
- Chapter Eleven: Enhanced gas recovery technologies aimed at exploiting captured carbon dioxide
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: CO2 enhanced unconventional natural gas recovery technologies
- 3: Summary
- References
- Chapter Twelve: Sustainability challenges for the upstream sectors of the natural gas industry
- Banner headline
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Fundamental concepts
- 3: Advanced concepts
- 4: Case study: An onshore well blowout and its ultimate control
- 5: Summary
- Declarations
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 410
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 30, 2021
- Imprint: Gulf Professional Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128244951
- eBook ISBN: 9780323859561
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